BUFFALO, NEW YORK -- The Selects Hockey organization has selected Natalie Dean from Pickering at their annual major peewee international tryout held in Buffalo, NY to join the international program with the East Coast Selects hockey team.

More than 300 invited girls from across North America competed for 68 positions on four teams, with those selected to participate in the program's international spring training development camp and the World Selects Invitational in Stockholm, Sweden, this April. Participants will be submerged into foreign cultures and face top international competition in this once in a lifetime experience.

"Natalie was superb. She not only showed she has the skill to be a top hockey prospect but also demonstrated great leadership and passion on the ice," commented Kathy Pippy, Director of girls' hockey for the Selects Hockey program.

The selection committee consisted of independent hockey evaluators including ECS head coach and former Olympian Manon Rheaume, ECS head coach and former NCAA player Abby Greenbaum, Jesse Driscoll of the North American Hockey Academy, and Kathy Pippy, Director of Girls' Hockey for Selects Hockey and other professional hockey scouts.

Selects Hockey is an elite hockey prospect development program owned by Legacy Global Sports. Since 2003, Selects Hockey has worked with top 12-16-year-old hockey players across North America and Europe to expose them to all avenues of hockey in an effort to facilitate opportunities at the prep school, NCAA, junior and professional levels.

The program has helped over 100 male and female players receive NCAA scholarships over the past eight years to schools such as Harvard, Boston University, Boston College, Brown, Clarkson University, University of Michigan and many more.

For more information about the Selects Hockey program, please visit the website at www.selectshockey.com.